Posted on 01/03/2020 9:04:31 AM PST by Openurmind
Mozilla, maker of the Firefox web browser, says it's giving all users more control of their own data. The change is spurred by the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, which went into effect Wednesday. The new data privacy law gives California residents the right to know what personal data tech companies collect. It also enables people to ask companies to delete their data and not sell it. Mozilla said changes it's making under the CCPA will apply to every Firefox user, not just those in California.
In a blog post Tuesday, Mozilla said it'll give Firefox users the option to delete their data collected by the company in the next version of the browser, which is set to be released Jan. 7. Firefox doesn't collect data on websites visited or search queries, but Mozilla said it'll let users choose to delete telemetry data, which covers things like how many tabs are open or how long a session was. Mozilla said it uses this data to improve the performance and security of Firefox.
Uninstalled, did a reboot and reinstalled. No luck. Still taking about 8 minutes to restart. I really wish I could fix this glitch. Tried Brave Community, but didn’t get any help there either.
Sorry to hear that. Well, best of luck. I’d like to be more help, but that’s pretty much the end of my skillset regarding browsers < BG >
Sounds nice. I don’t believe any such deletions really work. NSA has it all.
I agree, once collected sent and received by government in real time there ain’t no getting it back... I think in this they are gearing it more for the hidden commercial information sharing infrastructure.
No doubt. So, individuals become an identified formula for buying & selling. Shades of THX-1138.
Been a long time since I have seen that, but there are some other aspects of that film that are indeed coming about through the recent social engineering.
Yeah. I had a very sobering feeling watching the film when it first came out. It just felt prophetic.
When wild fantasy can actually become a reality. Lucas & Co may have known something was already planned and in the works at that time.
I wondered about that, at the time.
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